The gap that was created during those transatlantic voyages hundreds of years ago.That gap is the matrix of Saudade The Longing, I think, that all Africans in the West have, that is at the root of the blues and jazz and soul and rap. If you listen you can hear it, elusive, fleeting, full of melancholy anger.
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About Bonnie Greer, A Parallel Life
Bonnie Greer, A Parallel Life.
Themes
- History — Lessons from the past and the arc of human civilisation